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Thread #170180   Message #4116188
Posted By: Felipa
11-Aug-21 - 02:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: regional uk slang
Subject: RE: BS: regional uk slang
"stop your girnin'"   stop complaining
"he's got a girney look on him" (less common than the verb "girning")

Northern Ireland,esp. County Tyrone
from the Irish Gaelic "ag gearán" complaining. In Irish "gearán" can also be used as a noun meaning a complaint or grievance.